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bush unleashed what later became known as shock and awe. a massive aerial assault that lit up the night sky in baghdad. we were told it would be a quick war. it was about finding and stopping weapons of mass destruction and we would be greeted as liberators. that did not turn out to be the case. now a decade later in our latest poll, a clear majority of americans say the iraq war was not worth it -- the cost in american lives or dollars. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel spent the better part of the last decade covering the war. he has our report tonight. >> reporter: today, baghdad looked like the place many american troops will remember. more than a dozen bombings, dozens dead. ten years after president bush launched shock and awe and toppled saddam hussein, the iraq war has started again. sunnis versus shiites. it's their fight now. but both sides blame the united states for blundering in, looking for weapons of mass destruction that weren't there, undoing iraq's delicate religious balance. hardly the stability desired after
bush unleashed what later became known as shock and awe. a massive aerial assault that lit up the night sky in baghdad. we were told it would be a quick war. it was about finding and stopping weapons of mass destruction and we would be greeted as liberators. that did not turn out to be the case. now a decade later in our latest poll, a clear majority of americans say the iraq war was not worth it -- the cost in american lives or dollars. our chief foreign correspondent richard engel spent the...
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clipped two trees and sheered a light pole and ended up in the mess of the car in the bushes in front of el pollo loco which is at the plant shopping center. it was an officer who happened to be at another traffic stop who heard the crash, came here, was the first on the scene. the paramedics arrived a little bit later and declared the driver dead on arrival. he is still stuck in the car waiting for the coroner to come here to do their part of the investigation. san jose police believe they know who the driver is but they are not releasing his name, his identification, until they are able to get in touch with his family. so there you have it again. in the meantime, m
clipped two trees and sheered a light pole and ended up in the mess of the car in the bushes in front of el pollo loco which is at the plant shopping center. it was an officer who happened to be at another traffic stop who heard the crash, came here, was the first on the scene. the paramedics arrived a little bit later and declared the driver dead on arrival. he is still stuck in the car waiting for the coroner to come here to do their part of the investigation. san jose police believe they...
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we listen to the bugle car from the bushes father and son. after the gulf war, the afghan war and the iraq war, are we ready for war with iran and syria? spent billions of rebuilding in iraq, baltimore, detroit, they could use the big money we're spending on countries that take our cash even as they tell us to leave. finally, see how she runs, hillary clinton's message on marriage equality fits her m.o. precisely, a scripted, polished dramatic video is just how she announced last time. looks like she is in. hi, i'm chris matthews, welcome to the show. with us today, the "washington post" david ignatius and kathleen parker. helene cooper and michael crowley. first up, what does barack obama know what we don't know pledging to use american power against iran and getting more deeply involved in syria? the american mood when it comes to using force feels like 1915, the end of vietnam. after that war, reluctance to commit power abroad was called vietnam syndrome. then came desert storm in 1991 and the first george bush told us that the lightning v
we listen to the bugle car from the bushes father and son. after the gulf war, the afghan war and the iraq war, are we ready for war with iran and syria? spent billions of rebuilding in iraq, baltimore, detroit, they could use the big money we're spending on countries that take our cash even as they tell us to leave. finally, see how she runs, hillary clinton's message on marriage equality fits her m.o. precisely, a scripted, polished dramatic video is just how she announced last time. looks...
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deputies arrived in an armored vehicle and spied barry in the bushes. at that point barry pointed what they thought was an assault rifle at them. they opened fire. after, the investigators learned it was only a homemade replica weapon. barry was hit twice and died at the hospital yesterday. >>> her family calls her their shining star, but most of the world knew her as 19 year-old lance corporal. she was one of two killed last week. here in the bay area where she grew up, her family is mourning her loss and remembering her amazing spirit. the marine's sister spoke today. what a tragic loss for that family, jodi. >> very tragic, jessica. the young marine from oakley had a lot of dreams, and she was proving she could make those dreams come true. tonight her family is heartbroken that their pride and joy is gone. >> she was a very positive person, brave, the most brave woman i ever met. >> reporter: but the family of 19-year-old lance corporal sara castomata can't believe the place they assumed she was safe is where she lost her life. military officials say
deputies arrived in an armored vehicle and spied barry in the bushes. at that point barry pointed what they thought was an assault rifle at them. they opened fire. after, the investigators learned it was only a homemade replica weapon. barry was hit twice and died at the hospital yesterday. >>> her family calls her their shining star, but most of the world knew her as 19 year-old lance corporal. she was one of two killed last week. here in the bay area where she grew up, her family is...
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ten years after the war in iraq began a veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for what he calls a needless war this vet is in a hospice and dying coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral. and big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are most often used for the by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on u.s. citizens this week lawmakers heard concerns about this growing practice we'll tell you about that hearing in just a bit. and over five million people have been stopped and frisked by the n.y.p.d. officers and the vast majority of those people were minorities but thanks to several whistleblowers we are now learning more about this controversial program and the ways police officers are implementing it all look at stop and frisk just ahead. it's friday march twenty second four pm in washington d.c. i'm megan lopez and you're watching. well we spent a lot of time this week taking a critical look at the iraq war the misconceptions that led us into the co
ten years after the war in iraq began a veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for what he calls a needless war this vet is in a hospice and dying coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral. and big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are most often used for the by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on u.s. citizens this week lawmakers heard concerns about this...
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ten years after the war in iraq began a veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for the needless war that is now in the hospital and hospice and dying coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral and big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are used most often by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on citizens this week lawmakers heard concerns about the growing practice we'll tell you about that hearing in just a bit. plus five million people have been stopped and frisked by n.y.p.d. police officers the vast majority of them were minorities but thanks to some whistleblowers we now know more about this controversial program and the police officers that and how they are missing implementing it will look at the stop and frisk program in just a bit. it's friday march twenty second eight pm in washington d.c. i'm meghan lopez and you're watching. we've spent a lot of time this week talking about the iraq war and taking a critical look at it the misconceptions t
ten years after the war in iraq began a veteran sends a letter to george bush and dick cheney bashing them for the needless war that is now in the hospital and hospice and dying coming up we'll speak with thomas young about his letter that has gone viral and big brother is keeping an eye on you while drones are used most often by the u.s. for warfare overseas more and more police departments here at home are using them to spy on citizens this week lawmakers heard concerns about the growing...
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bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't talk about p.t.s.d. for u.s. soldiers without acknowledging that p.t.s.d. for an entire generation of iraqis is a real reality millions and millions of people whose lives have been destroyed and so people want justice for all of these war criminals and people are fighting to win justice and an organization we are forward is working to help get this justice and also help that's opt out thank you so much mike prize the iraq war veteran and co-founder of march forward. i know guys as you know this week marks the tenth anniversary of the u.s. invasion of iraq but sadly you wouldn't know if you're just
bush dick cheney donald rumsfeld colin powell everyone in the bush administration all of the media c.e.o.'s who propagated all of the lies all of the military commanders who lied and sent us to war knowing that the reasons were fabricated they need to be held responsible not just for the deaths of thousands of u.s. soldiers in the catastrophe created for u.s. soldiers but the complete catastrophe for millions of iraqis over a million who have died become refugees wounded and of course we can't...
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you talk about bush trying to avenge his father. what about the tens of millions of arab sons who want to finish a fight we start next spring in bad dad? i think it's interesting this was your last column that you wrote that. what was the political temperature of the national conversation at that moment when you wrote that column? >> well, i was alone -- there were obviously other war critics like ted kennedy, but myself, i felt the country was rushing to war, and i was really embarrassed with my country, with a president of such limited ability, could talk us into a war a war that was totally against our history. the neurm brg trials were against people who launchled an aggressive war, and this was an aggressive war. i never heard of the united states making a case like that. they have weapons we don't like. all through this movie, it allows the realization, it wasn't about the wmd. that was all the sales pitch, like selling a new car, don't you see the hub caps, the antenna. it didn't matter if it was anthrax or the prague meeting
you talk about bush trying to avenge his father. what about the tens of millions of arab sons who want to finish a fight we start next spring in bad dad? i think it's interesting this was your last column that you wrote that. what was the political temperature of the national conversation at that moment when you wrote that column? >> well, i was alone -- there were obviously other war critics like ted kennedy, but myself, i felt the country was rushing to war, and i was really embarrassed...
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however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . ten years later hundreds of thousands of lives trillions of dollars spent what is the state of iraq today to discuss i'd like to bring in the panel from california i'm joined by former alaskan senator mike gravel and in new york sara flounders co-director of the international action center she's also the author of the book you see there war without victory. welcome to the both of you so senator i want to start with you was it worth it not only was it worth it it was a criminal act i mean if we adhere to the nuremberg principles united states committed a criminal act we know who the criminals are and for some reason we don't prosecute them is really something wrong with our national morality now sara what do you think are we better off today than we were ten years ago and is iraq better off. iraq is much worse off and i this was a horrendous crime against humanity against of people of iraq the total destruction of iraq which had the highest literacy in
however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . ten years later hundreds of thousands of lives trillions of dollars spent what is the state of iraq today to discuss i'd like to bring in the panel from california i'm joined by former alaskan senator mike gravel and in new york sara flounders co-director of the international action center she's also the author of the book you see there war without victory. welcome...
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however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . well moments ago senator john mccain spoke at the american enterprise institute about the ten year anniversary here's what he told r.t. about why iraq is in the state it's in today. more you know to me that i'm curious as to what we can expect ten years later i don't really say that's right but all. that sort of transpired yesterday. fortune. united states players such. as. leave they received letters received some strange don't let anybody take. a ten years later hundreds of thousands of lives trillions of dollars spent what is the result of it all earlier i was joined by former alaskan senator mike rowe valen sara flounders co-director of the international action center she's also the author of the book you see right there war without victory i started out by asking senator gravelle was it worth it if it was a criminal act i mean if we adhere to the nuremberg principles united states committed a criminal act we know who the criminals are and for som
however not even president bush could predict how long or how expensive this war would really be. in washington meghan lopez r.t. . well moments ago senator john mccain spoke at the american enterprise institute about the ten year anniversary here's what he told r.t. about why iraq is in the state it's in today. more you know to me that i'm curious as to what we can expect ten years later i don't really say that's right but all. that sort of transpired yesterday. fortune. united states players...
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>> probably when we were sitting in the oval office with president bush talking about bone fishing. >> not just our quest for money or fame, a story of us. >> i remember a lot of those stories. you could have chosen a lot of paths here at nbc news, but you chose to talk about these people and travel these less than traveled roads. why? >> well, i came here and started in 1972 on a very big stage. i went to the munich olympics and coffered the israeli tragedy, when the wrestling team was taken by the terrorists and killed. but i started to think, what's going on between the bright lights? and i met some people when i was out doing a story who said you know, we never see ourselves on television. and we don't hear our songs anymore. so i thought, well, why not look in those corners? >> resilience is one of the themes of a lot of your stories. this will be a lot like bob dodson word association, but i'll give you some terms. phillipsburg, montana. what did you learn there? >> it's a little town out far from the rest of us who have figured out how to survive. there are 29 ghost towns all a
>> probably when we were sitting in the oval office with president bush talking about bone fishing. >> not just our quest for money or fame, a story of us. >> i remember a lot of those stories. you could have chosen a lot of paths here at nbc news, but you chose to talk about these people and travel these less than traveled roads. why? >> well, i came here and started in 1972 on a very big stage. i went to the munich olympics and coffered the israeli tragedy, when the...
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it's a one-of-a-kind military tribunal designed by president bush, implemented by president obama, and inspired by president kafka. [laughter] see, reporters are not allowed in the courtroom. they have to watch the trial from behind soundproofed glass and hear the proceedings on a 40-second delay. and to protect national security, the judge or a security officer in the courtroom can hit a mute button which shuts off the audio to the reporters and indicates this by making a red light on the judge's bench spin. the red light also indicates that all dress shirts and men's slacks are 20% off. but on january 29th, the red light turned on and cut the audio, but-- and this is the fun part-- neither the judge, nor the security officer had done it, causing the livid and confused judge to say, quote "note for the record, that the 40-second delay was initiated not by me. if some external body is turning things off, if someone is turning the commissions off under their own view of what things ought to be, with no reason or explanation, then we are going to have a little meeting about who turns tha
it's a one-of-a-kind military tribunal designed by president bush, implemented by president obama, and inspired by president kafka. [laughter] see, reporters are not allowed in the courtroom. they have to watch the trial from behind soundproofed glass and hear the proceedings on a 40-second delay. and to protect national security, the judge or a security officer in the courtroom can hit a mute button which shuts off the audio to the reporters and indicates this by making a red light on the...
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if you want to go back to 2004, karl rove and the bush, george w. bush campaign, engineered the placing of ballot measures in several states to turn out the conservative vote to help george w. bush. a state like ohio, for example. i think that politics is completely being turned on its head. we're watching it happen minute by minute. there is almost a comical stampede on the part of democrats to get on the right side of this issue. there is a bullet in every five minutes. i think they should get decreasing points for how long it takes them to do that. >> seriously. to wait for dick cheney? >> no points. >> no points after rob portman or rob portman's sons in the daily news. and i think dick cheney had a lot to do with it. i think by 2016, i think republicans are the ones who will have a very, very tough time with this issue. and this is classic wedge politics where the idea is to divide your opponent's base. the republicans will be divide between their libertarian base which is more on the economic side and the he evangelical side which they built t
if you want to go back to 2004, karl rove and the bush, george w. bush campaign, engineered the placing of ballot measures in several states to turn out the conservative vote to help george w. bush. a state like ohio, for example. i think that politics is completely being turned on its head. we're watching it happen minute by minute. there is almost a comical stampede on the part of democrats to get on the right side of this issue. there is a bullet in every five minutes. i think they should...
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on the bush administration announced the u.s. was invading iraq and mapped out a plan much different than the way the war actually played out the correspondent meghan lopez takes a look at the rhetoric going in versus reality. my fellow citizens at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. a speech that laid the groundwork for years of war and strife the iraq war was described as a necessary war one that would ensure the stability of that region and the world's numerous human sources tell us that iraqis are moving not just documents and hard drives but weapons of mass destruction to keep them from being found by inspectors we know they have weapons of mass destruction we know they have active programs there is there isn't any debate about how. the u.s. promised to unseat a rogue leader find in obtain all weapons of mass destruction and rebuild a broken nation ten years later only one of those promises was kept
on the bush administration announced the u.s. was invading iraq and mapped out a plan much different than the way the war actually played out the correspondent meghan lopez takes a look at the rhetoric going in versus reality. my fellow citizens at this hour american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations to disarm iraq to free its people and to defend the world from grave danger. a speech that laid the groundwork for years of war and strife the iraq war was...
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bush ordered a military invasion to topple saddam hussein. >> american and coalition forces are in the early stages to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> 10 years later many iraqis complain they still lack basic services such as electricity and water but other parts of iraq are thriving with new shopping malls and luxury car show rooms. the last u.s. combat troops last iraq in 2011 and killed over 4,000 troops. a tribute continues in the east bay to those soldiers and those killed in afghanistan. amy? >> the crosses have quite an impact. look at them behind me. they were not always popular. the founder of them is reflecting, today, on the 0th anniversary and is amazed at impact the crosses have had and what he and the volunteers who created this have endured. >> it has made a big difference. i see it in the face of people who come by and visit the memorial. >> jeff started putting up the crosses a protest to the war in iraq and they have lasted through vandalism and protests and heated arguments. 10 years later, the crosses have evolved into
bush ordered a military invasion to topple saddam hussein. >> american and coalition forces are in the early stages to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> 10 years later many iraqis complain they still lack basic services such as electricity and water but other parts of iraq are thriving with new shopping malls and luxury car show rooms. the last u.s. combat troops last iraq in 2011 and killed over 4,000 troops. a tribute continues in the...
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>> president bush soured chalab> pretty early on, and i think-- it wasn't just chalabi. there was a whole collection of -- >> buter everybody thought he ws playing one game, which was for himself. >> that's probably the case. he was very sort of suave individualho ihink told a lot of the america what theyin wanted to hear.ri >> rose: let's go to what happened in terms of the surge and look back over these years. the surge comes. it's recommended. many people are saying-- for george bush-- toay make that decision at that time when most people said it would not work, both inside and outside ofns government was a courageous decision. do you share that? >> it was a courageous decision but it was a belated decision. and what had happened was due to all these mistakes we talkedhe about, first of all, there were sectarian passions in iraq that became unleashed once saddam was gone. and the war between-- the civil war between the sunnis and the shi'a were really soaring out of control. i was in iraq fair lot of that period, and it was a horribled period-- bodies in the street. p
>> president bush soured chalab> pretty early on, and i think-- it wasn't just chalabi. there was a whole collection of -- >> buter everybody thought he ws playing one game, which was for himself. >> that's probably the case. he was very sort of suave individualho ihink told a lot of the america what theyin wanted to hear.ri >> rose: let's go to what happened in terms of the surge and look back over these years. the surge comes. it's recommended. many people are...
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i thought the decisions were right to the stage there was another important factor in bush promised to bring in a roadmap for palestine and just the same policy america's the only one that's likely to have any influence on the israelis right a bush went further than twenty or even recognize a two state system and tony blair is out there still trying to achieve some of that that. the americans failed the producing so each stage you look at it he say yes i think it's worth doing we could settle palestine i do a lot of things to try and bring justice back into the for the problem and it's a terrible situation we thought that so each stage and then the un tony thought you could carry the euro your nations a russian obviously was making clear. china as well so to that extent we didn't get the un. only made that decision. the americans make clear we could come out i was said to go in without just any way. tony blair's not that kind of guy at this point when we heard from tony blair then prime minister he said this in the house of commons that he saddam hussein has existing and active militar
i thought the decisions were right to the stage there was another important factor in bush promised to bring in a roadmap for palestine and just the same policy america's the only one that's likely to have any influence on the israelis right a bush went further than twenty or even recognize a two state system and tony blair is out there still trying to achieve some of that that. the americans failed the producing so each stage you look at it he say yes i think it's worth doing we could settle...
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why did bush want to do it? >> i mean, there is the famous line when he went to the fund-raiser in texas and says this is the guy who tried to kill my dad. so that's, i think, a part of it. it was clearly on his mind. david summed it up very well. just one additional point in terms of the atmospherics surrounding 9/11. remember, bush did almost nothing about the warnings pre-9/11 from the intelligence community, and i think that if -- >> you mean al qaeda to attack in the united states? >> yeah. i mean, there were repeated warnings from the cia. george tenat had his fair on fire. >> richard clark was talking about it. >> they pretty much brushed aside. they were not focused on a threat from al qaeda, then 9/11 happened. if there was guilt about anything that was a factor in here, it would be we didn't do what we should have done prior to 9/11 so now we're going to take every single threat super seriously. >> the odd thing is, one reason they didn't focus on al qaeda before 9/11 is because they were consumed with
why did bush want to do it? >> i mean, there is the famous line when he went to the fund-raiser in texas and says this is the guy who tried to kill my dad. so that's, i think, a part of it. it was clearly on his mind. david summed it up very well. just one additional point in terms of the atmospherics surrounding 9/11. remember, bush did almost nothing about the warnings pre-9/11 from the intelligence community, and i think that if -- >> you mean al qaeda to attack in the united...
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if it was the case with the bush administration, is more so the case with the obama administration. lawyers are the spokespersons. they are behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. obama hasn't employed his lawyers to explain what he's doing to the nation, why he has -- why he is doing it, and to try to make interface between the public an administration policy. which means basically that lawyers have been inseparable from the presidential policies, in particular about war and how we are conducting war under the present administration. there is really nobody better to speak about the issues to which this conference is devoted than jeh johnson, who recently left the department of defense as general counsel. before that he has had other public-service jobs. he was a prosecutor here in the southern district of york for couple of years. he was also general counsel for president clinton for the air force. there are many things you can say about jeh johnson, but from what i have seen and read and heard, hear other things i think are important to say. this is a man who understands an
if it was the case with the bush administration, is more so the case with the obama administration. lawyers are the spokespersons. they are behind the scenes and in front of the cameras. obama hasn't employed his lawyers to explain what he's doing to the nation, why he has -- why he is doing it, and to try to make interface between the public an administration policy. which means basically that lawyers have been inseparable from the presidential policies, in particular about war and how we are...
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but president bush is growing impatient. the defense department tells him that if he is going to war, he's got to do it before the blistering desert summer. >> we move along the path of getting a good inspection going, that would probably come to fruition one way or the other, but once you start military forces flowing to the extent that we did for iraq, it's hard to pull them back. >> as the inevitable moves closer, president bush reargues the case. and ups the ante with 16 infamous words in state of the union address. >> the british government learned that saddam hussein recently sought significant quantities of uranium from africa. >> that would be yellowcake. again. but by referring to a six-month-old british white paper the president doesn't end a claim discredited by his own intelligence service. >> it wasn't matter of lying about this or lying about that but rather through the artistry of speech writers and case presenters, conveying an impression to the american people that certain things were true. >> it is a real s
but president bush is growing impatient. the defense department tells him that if he is going to war, he's got to do it before the blistering desert summer. >> we move along the path of getting a good inspection going, that would probably come to fruition one way or the other, but once you start military forces flowing to the extent that we did for iraq, it's hard to pull them back. >> as the inevitable moves closer, president bush reargues the case. and ups the ante with 16...
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he just really wanted to go in iraq to them mine president bush the father had stopped to. kuwait and not gone in and dealt with saddam so all the americans you said to me it's business as usual and what they meant was basically unfinished business so to that extent i was very alarmed and told. bring it forward now to the ten years of what begins to worry me all the move is it does seem and tony blair is saying that in the case of syria or indeed in iraq nothing is implications involved that the feeling is you go we then to do the same thing now that's just wrong we're not learning the lessons of iraq it doesn't bring peace shaka no mind when militarily but the weeks that followed cause them awful lot of deaths among civilians when we're talking about you now with hindsight saying that the wall in iraq was wrong at what point did events that took place it will point it in saying it wasn't the right thing today well the real problem is you discussing whether you should do it i came back and told tony the americans are go in him with or without we don't make a difference they
he just really wanted to go in iraq to them mine president bush the father had stopped to. kuwait and not gone in and dealt with saddam so all the americans you said to me it's business as usual and what they meant was basically unfinished business so to that extent i was very alarmed and told. bring it forward now to the ten years of what begins to worry me all the move is it does seem and tony blair is saying that in the case of syria or indeed in iraq nothing is implications involved that...
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bush ordered a military invasion to topple saddam hussein. >> american and coalition forces are in the early stages to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> 10 years later many iraqis complain they still lack basic services such as electricity and water but other parts of iraq are thriving with new shopping malls and luxury car show rooms. the last u.s. combat troops last iraq in 2011 and killed over 4,000 troops. a tribute continues in the east bay to those soldiers and those killed in afghanistan. amy? >> the crosses have quite an impact. look at them behind me. they were not always popular. the founder of them is reflecting, today, on the 0th anniversary and is amazed at impact the crosses have had and what he and the volunteers who created this have endured. >> it has made a big difference. i see it in the face of people who come by and visit the memorial. >> jeff started putting up the crosses a protest to the war in iraq and they have lasted through vandalism and protests and heated arguments. 10 years later, the crosses have evolved into
bush ordered a military invasion to topple saddam hussein. >> american and coalition forces are in the early stages to disarm iraq, to free its people, and to defend the world from grave danger. >> 10 years later many iraqis complain they still lack basic services such as electricity and water but other parts of iraq are thriving with new shopping malls and luxury car show rooms. the last u.s. combat troops last iraq in 2011 and killed over 4,000 troops. a tribute continues in the...
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bush. that includes $85,000 in telephone costs. president bill clinton came in second, nearly $1 million, followed by george hw bush at $850,000. costs for jimmy carter, the only other living president came in at about $500,000. >> twitter coe -- ceo gives insight into the world of social media. >> that is right. emily chang is here with the after the bell report live on location tonight. hi, emily. since becoming ceo he helped trance form the company into a global communications power whous a steady revenue stream. here is what he had to say in the field of social media. >> i think it's fair to say that we don't let other company decisions affect the way we think about where we're going. have you to understand the competitive landscape and know what other people are doing souk be thoughtful about whether you need to move faster or prioritize this over that in a particular quarter but... in the general scheme of things in the vision of where we're going we don't let those other things change our notion of what we're appearing to be
bush. that includes $85,000 in telephone costs. president bill clinton came in second, nearly $1 million, followed by george hw bush at $850,000. costs for jimmy carter, the only other living president came in at about $500,000. >> twitter coe -- ceo gives insight into the world of social media. >> that is right. emily chang is here with the after the bell report live on location tonight. hi, emily. since becoming ceo he helped trance form the company into a global communications...
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that would either be former governor jeb bush, if he decides to run. that's somewhat of a question mark, you know marco rubio, who i think is coming a cross a bit light myself. he doesn't seem to work very hard, but that's my own pin. he could get more seasoning. if they don't carry florida. if we florida, and we just do as the states that we carried in the last six in a row, we're going to win it. so i -- i hope that they cede florida to us the that would be the best news we could have. but they have other problems getting from here to there. if you look at this cpac thing, this is a party that can't even agree on slavery. they're talking about rape. you know, it's pretty weird stuff going on there. when you have a meeting like that, with all the reporters, and they're having a discussion about slavery, i don't think that's what they were trying to get out to the voters, but that's the way some people in the party feel. those people will be out, trying to vote, trying to pick their nominee. i don't know if the powers to be will be able to shut these p
that would either be former governor jeb bush, if he decides to run. that's somewhat of a question mark, you know marco rubio, who i think is coming a cross a bit light myself. he doesn't seem to work very hard, but that's my own pin. he could get more seasoning. if they don't carry florida. if we florida, and we just do as the states that we carried in the last six in a row, we're going to win it. so i -- i hope that they cede florida to us the that would be the best news we could have. but...
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bush's solicitor general. me played the role of joe biden to prep paul ryan for the vice presidential debate this past presidential election. ted olson the bush versus gore debate. it's ted olson and boyce who he beat are both on the pro gay rights side of this case tomorrow. but it will be ted olson, the conservative one, who will actually standed up tomorrow in court and make the case, along side the solicitor general. it's kind of the definition of heavy hitters, right, when it comes to supreme court oral arguments? the solicitor general and the last solicitor general from the other side of the aisle. wow. now, that's the pro gay rights side. the anti-gay rights side, the other side of the case tomorrow, will also be argued in tomorrow's arguments the lawyer for the anti-gay side will get equal full-time and the lawyer on that side of the case is a man named -- chuck cooper. chuck cooper. chuck cooper. to the google, right? on the first page of google search results for chuck cooper, you will not find what
bush's solicitor general. me played the role of joe biden to prep paul ryan for the vice presidential debate this past presidential election. ted olson the bush versus gore debate. it's ted olson and boyce who he beat are both on the pro gay rights side of this case tomorrow. but it will be ted olson, the conservative one, who will actually standed up tomorrow in court and make the case, along side the solicitor general. it's kind of the definition of heavy hitters, right, when it comes to...
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bush and cheney pulled off a hoax in a lot of ways. but a lot of people let themselves be hoaxed. >> thank you so much. just a reminder for everybody. this friday watch the msnbc documentary "hubris, selling the iraq war" hosted by our rachel maddow friday, 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. thanks again. >>> one week from now the supreme court takes up marriage equality. hearing arguments on california's proposition 8 on tuesday and then doma on wednesday. lbgt groups are planning over 100 events across the country to mark the historic legal debate. this is as a new abc news/"the washington post" poll shows support for marriage equality is at an all-time high riding at 58%. joining me to talk more about this is marriage equality director brian silva. it is great to have you here. as we talk more about that poll and we dig deeper we look at the evaluation of the youth vote. 18-year-olds to 29-year-olds. they back marriage equality at a wlo whopping 81%. yesterday hillary clinton came outputting that statement on vhrc website. her husband
bush and cheney pulled off a hoax in a lot of ways. but a lot of people let themselves be hoaxed. >> thank you so much. just a reminder for everybody. this friday watch the msnbc documentary "hubris, selling the iraq war" hosted by our rachel maddow friday, 9:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. thanks again. >>> one week from now the supreme court takes up marriage equality. hearing arguments on california's proposition 8 on tuesday and then doma on wednesday. lbgt groups...
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. >> especially since we have reggie bush now. we're going to be in good shape. >> yes, that's what we always say. it is always going to be better. but i think seriously though, that the reason that in the past, with columbine, aurora, virginia tech, people forget about it after a few weeks and we move on to whatever else. people are not moving on. they are not moving on after newtown. and i think the reason is, and i can tell by the mail i get, there are too many parent who everyday drive their kids to school, and they open the door and this is what -- i mean, i've got this, more than a dozen times from mothers writing me and saying, i now when they open the door and i see them walk down the sidewalk into the school, i am sick that i have to feel like, is that last time i'm going to see my child. >> yeah. >> and because of that, because sense school went back into session after newtown, since january, millions of moms and dads have been dropping their kids off at school everyday and in the backs of their mind, they know where the
. >> especially since we have reggie bush now. we're going to be in good shape. >> yes, that's what we always say. it is always going to be better. but i think seriously though, that the reason that in the past, with columbine, aurora, virginia tech, people forget about it after a few weeks and we move on to whatever else. people are not moving on. they are not moving on after newtown. and i think the reason is, and i can tell by the mail i get, there are too many parent who...
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. >> there were even members of president bush's own party who broke ranks. former national security adviser wrote an article called "don't attack saddam." there were some republican lawmakers as well. >> we have to remember we have been allies of saddam hussein. we say we know he has certain things, well, we do because we helped provide for them. i mean, we were his ally. >> it's good to -- today is to remember the warnings of u.n. weapons inspector hans blitz. it's a day to acknowledge the admonitions of leaders like general anthony zeni. eric shen who was forced into retirement when he disagreed with the bush cheny strategy. if we are truly remembering what it was like ten years ago today, we can't forget the millions of voices who opposed this war and attempts made to marginalize them. if you were a public figure, it was not a wise time to speak out against the administration. actress jeanne was called an iraqi sympathizer. >> saddam must love you and i'm sure -- >> don't even try and do that -- i'm not a saddam hussein apoll gist -- i don't think he said
. >> there were even members of president bush's own party who broke ranks. former national security adviser wrote an article called "don't attack saddam." there were some republican lawmakers as well. >> we have to remember we have been allies of saddam hussein. we say we know he has certain things, well, we do because we helped provide for them. i mean, we were his ally. >> it's good to -- today is to remember the warnings of u.n. weapons inspector hans blitz. it's...
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it was george bush at his best. it's a more than any president -- this is an honorable thing, what i just did about bush. >> that program would have been wonderful if he had raised the money himself. it is not the government's role to pay for medicine to foreign governments. what is the one thing that obama has done that i applaud, and i have to say his second inaugural, just two months ago, the president walked down the length of pennsylvania avenue chewing nicorette. i respect that what appeared to be in the world, living in the world, where all of your buddies who worship you like jesus are telling you the most of the thing you can do, not commit abortion, but used a tobacco product -- that is the worst thing you could ever do. for this guy to flaunt his addiction in public was courageous, compelling, and an inspiration to all of us. go, barack obama. >> that is the end of round two. now for the final round, the lightning round. we will play a word association game. i speak a word and each fighter responds with t
it was george bush at his best. it's a more than any president -- this is an honorable thing, what i just did about bush. >> that program would have been wonderful if he had raised the money himself. it is not the government's role to pay for medicine to foreign governments. what is the one thing that obama has done that i applaud, and i have to say his second inaugural, just two months ago, the president walked down the length of pennsylvania avenue chewing nicorette. i respect that what...
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give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war at the time. and i didn't oppose it for partisan reasons. i opposed it because i didn't think that we faced any serious threat from saddam hussein. >> bill: okay. let me stop you there. >> okay. >> bill: your analysis back then 10 years ago was that you, kirsten powers, came to the independent conclusion, devoid of your liberal beliefs or democratic party politics, that this simply wasn't a campaign worth waging. but, let me play you a sound bite from hillary clinton and get your reaction to that go. >> in the four years since the inspecto
give bush credit for toughing it out. you can also criticize him for not anticipating the difficulties of that campaign. bottom line, bottom line, let's not do that kind of thing again. and that's the memo. now for the top story. reaction. joining us from washington indicate observe enter shane a republican and kirsten powers. do you have a power with the memo this evening? >> i agree with let's not do it again for sure. i think a lot of what you said is right. i mean, i opposed the war...
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that is why we greatly lower taxes under bush. you have the lowest growth rate and any and under any -- other administration except under recessions. we had 7 million jobs created in the bush. 22 million after clinton after raise taxes. we are proposing at the door but what we are proposing in our budget, under the lime budget, the total revenue would be about 19% of gdp. under the reagan administration, it was 23.5% of gdp. the congressional budget, all the way up to 21.8%. but in his job creation is not high taxes. if people do not have money, they're not spending it to buy products. the people are not being hired to make them, market them, etc.. people were laid off, mortgages for clothes. trillion dollars below where should they -- shou ld be. investing it. why? -- doe they did not say not see customers for the new products. if anybody is saving money because they do not, have not which is what has happened in a [indiscernible] it destroys the economy. only government can, in -- can privatethin hiring companies to fill pothole
that is why we greatly lower taxes under bush. you have the lowest growth rate and any and under any -- other administration except under recessions. we had 7 million jobs created in the bush. 22 million after clinton after raise taxes. we are proposing at the door but what we are proposing in our budget, under the lime budget, the total revenue would be about 19% of gdp. under the reagan administration, it was 23.5% of gdp. the congressional budget, all the way up to 21.8%. but in his job...
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let's play bush iraq and terror, that one just if you have any questions, it's bush, iraq and terror. jacki: terr. hal: terr. >> one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect iraq to the war on terror. i believe it. osama bin laden believes it, but the american people have got to understand that a defeat in iraq if this government there fails. hal: that's one of the hardest jobs pushing the prop began at a. the american people don't believe it, because they're getting too much information. i believe it. why would he say sadaam hussein believes it? i don't know what that means. >> sadaam has sane believes it, that he has connections to the al-qaeda. trying to buy a piece of cake. jacki: using a dial up internet connection. hal: he apparently got a fax of some uranium. we didn't get our facts straight. and of course, who could forget mission accomplished, a lovely bush mission accomplished, there, tony. we really should put numbers on these, because there are so many of them. we should do a countdown. jacki: oh, that would be good. hal: yeah. jacki: is that the mission accomplished a
let's play bush iraq and terror, that one just if you have any questions, it's bush, iraq and terror. jacki: terr. hal: terr. >> one of the hardest parts of my job is to connect iraq to the war on terror. i believe it. osama bin laden believes it, but the american people have got to understand that a defeat in iraq if this government there fails. hal: that's one of the hardest jobs pushing the prop began at a. the american people don't believe it, because they're getting too much...
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bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we end here and we should just touch on benghazi. how do you think that will affect hillary clinton's less going? a lasting tarnish or something that history doesn't blame her for? >> guest: very briefly, on the polls. i think polls aren't always very accurate reading of what is going on, and no doubt that perceptions have of the united states will go up and down and it's very much dependent on world evens and often driven by a frustration that america isn't helping more so just to make that point. with this administration set out to do isn't repair the image but improve the perception and make it possible to have conversations with allies or with friends or countries that you didn't necessarily have a conversation with before. i think benghazi is a moment that will continue to be associated with the secretary's tenure. no escaping that. it happened on her watch. i thing think some questions still remain unare answered, questions she can answ
bush's administration. but i want to ask one last question before we end here and we should just touch on benghazi. how do you think that will affect hillary clinton's less going? a lasting tarnish or something that history doesn't blame her for? >> guest: very briefly, on the polls. i think polls aren't always very accurate reading of what is going on, and no doubt that perceptions have of the united states will go up and down and it's very much dependent on world evens and often driven...